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How to be a Senior Software Engineer

Orlando Del Aguila
December 09, 2017
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How to be a Senior Software Engineer

Talk I gave in PosaDev 2017, a few tips on how to get better at doing software

Orlando Del Aguila

December 09, 2017
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Transcript

  1. How to be a
    Senior Software
    Engineer

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  2. Orlando
    Del
    Aguila

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  3. 01
    Care about your craft

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  4. 02
    Understand your tools

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  5. 03
    Stop Hype Driven Development

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  6. 04
    Have a definition of ready

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  7. 05
    Know your limits

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  8. 06
    Learn to say no

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  9. 07
    Learn to make trade-offs

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  10. 08
    Understand your work’s impact

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  11. 09
    Define the problem you are solving

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  12. 10
    Learn about other areas related to
    your work

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  13. 11
    Increase your Google-fu

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  14. 12
    Writes less code

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  15. Thanks

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